Laboratory Labelling / Touch Track
Touch Track Laboratory Sample Tracking System
Medical records are wide open to computer hackers
By MATTHEW BAYLEY, Daily Mail
08:36am 19th March 2005
Thousands of patients are at risk from hackers targeting medical records stored on computer at leading hospitals, a Daily Mail investigation has revealed.
Confidential files are potentially accessible because there is no security on new computer networks that do not rely on wires, warn experts.
Viruses which could paralyse a hospital could also be fed into their systems by hackers using basic software.
"The most important contribution which could now be made to the safety of blood transfusion would be an initiative to improve the safety of bedside pre-transfusion checking procedure. This will require investment in education and audit and also in evaluation and implementation of suitable technology."
SHOT Report 2003
DIRECTIVE 2002/98/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 27 January 2003
Setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components and amending Directive 2001/83/EC
Paragraph 17
"An adequate system to ensure traceability of whole blood and blood components should be established. Traceability should be enforced through accurate donor, patient, and laboratory identification procedures, through record maintenance, and through an appropriate identification and labelling system. It is desirable that a system is developed in order to enable the unique and unmistakable identification of donations of blood and blood components in the Community."
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Sir Liam Donaldson’s latest report on the state of public health showed that the number of incidents, in which patients were given the wrong blood type, had increased by 21% in the last year!
SHOT Report 2004
At last, from Touch Print an "Arm-to-Arm" sample tracking solution.
Labelling/identification Specialists Touch Print bring you Touch Track. Developed from a brief from one of the countries largest blood banks and with EU directive 2002/98/EC very much in mind. Touch Track is an easy to use bar-coding solution which uses up to the minute technology. Whilst entirely stand alone in operation, Touch Track can also provide a track back and share auditing information for full taceability and total peace of mind.
| Yes | Stand alone, "Arm-to-Arm" tracking |
| Yes | Product compatibility "Track Back" |
| Avoid | Data entry errors from handwritten labels |
| No | Expensive infrastructure or installation |
| No | Network reliance issues |